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music: misheard lyrics

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when i was little i was a huge fan of the Sound of Music. And whenever they sang edelweiss, I thought that they where saying little mice

— edlemice

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The song "Bad Moon On The Rise" is actually "bathroom on the right"

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The ying yang twins- Wait (The whisper song)

Lyric- Beat da pussy up

What I heard- Never get it up

I had no idea why they would say that.

— Cappy

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There was this song that went 'She loves me for meeeee!' (forgot the singer) but I always heard it as 'She loves meat for meaaattt!'

— Maddy

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In Orinoco Flow, Enya clearly sings "Save the Whale, Save the Whale, Save the Whale" despite the official lyrics claiming it's "Sail Away...".

— Kevin May

I used to believe…

actin funny and i dunno why... excuse me while i kiss that guy -jimi hendrix

— Not Frank

I used to think that in Macy Gray's song it was i try to say goodbye and i choke, try to walk away and Istambul, though i try to hide it is clear i wore googles when you r not there! Rather than my world crumbles!
I have no clue what the Istambul bit was about either!

— Unusual Being

i used to think the lyrics to aretha franklins Respect went "R-e-s-p-e-c-t take out the e-c-t" the real words are "r-e-s-p-e-c-t take care, TBC." Respect without the ect is resp, and i was going around like, "what's resp?" and i finally cleared that up by looking it up on google.

— cheezymo

In the Song "Let Me Blow Ya Mind", I thought that they were saying "It took awhile to get me here
And I'm gonna take my time
Don't fight that goose s*** in your ear
Now let me blow ya mind"

But it was actually "don't fight that good s*** in your ear

Anon

In the song "Bat Country" by Avenged Sevenfold, I used to think the lyrics were "caught here in a foreign place" instead of "caught here in a fiery blaze"

Anon

Whe my friend's daughter was 3 or 4 she used to think the Eminem song "Without Me" that starts "Two trailerpark girls go round the outside" actually went "Two trailerpark girls get brownie outside, brownie outside"...living in a trailer park, this was very exciting for her! haha!

— jen

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My friend used to believe that the lyrics to Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" were:
"Hold me closer Tony Danza"

— I'm with stupid

I first heard the song Holiday by Green Day at Rock in the Park 2005. When they played it, they dedicated it to 'George W fucking Bush', therefore I thought the lyrics said 'One holy man' instead of 'on holiday'. LOL

— Kel

In alien ant farms cover of smooth criminal, i use to think it went like "you could see she... was a nebo, then you ran into the bathroom, you were flushed down, your toilet."

instead of:
He could see she was unable
So she ran into the bedroom
She was struck down
It was her doom

PS whats a nebo?

— snazzy baby knee pads

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I used to hear the lyrics to Culture Club's Karma Chameleon as "Become-a come-a come-a come-a come-a comedian..." Oh well...

— R.

For the longest time i was sure that the Lyrics to the song Bad Moon On the Rise was"The Baboon on the Right"... I really did not know what the rest of the song had to do with a Baboon though

— Renee

I used to believe…

That great 80's classic by Def Leppard "Pour Some Sugar On Me" - until earlier this year (I'm now 26) I was convinced they were singing the first line of the chorus in French - "Por vous jude anglais". Funnily enough, for the most part they aren't even real French words so goodness knows what I though they were singing about.

Anon

when i was a kid, my grandma used to wash my hair for me and she used to sing "Today" to me. it so happened that the shampoo i was using then was "wella blassom", so for a long time, I thought my grandma was praising the shampoo since i mistook "Today, while the blossoms" as "today, wella blassom"

— Erin

When I was about 7 or 8 I strongly believed that in Michael Jackson's “Beat It” when he says "Showin' how funky strong is your fight" that he was saying "fuck-y". I knew it was a bad word and was shocked that he would say such a thing. Well in second grade we had an assembly with a dance set to that song. I vehemently insisted to my friends that he was saying “fuck-y”. They promptly turned me into the teacher for swearing. Fearing repercussion from the teacher or my parents, I ran out of the room crying and was so embarrassed that I couldn't look anyone in the eye for the rest of the day.

— I.B.

Not my belief, but my sisters.
In the Bon Jovi song, when he sings, "Shot by the heart and you're to blame, you gave love a bad name."
She thought he sang, "Shot by the heart, and you're too lame, you gave love a bad name."
What a dummy!

— CL

I used to think the words of Musical Youth's song "Pass the dutchie on the left-hand side" were "Arzy dodgy on the left-hand side".

— Alan, Sheffield

In the chorus of Greenday's "Holiday," the lyrics go "I beg to dream and differ." When I first heard it, I thought it was "I beg to Truman."

I thought "why are they talking about dead presidents?"

— Confoozled

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